Prevalence of lifestyle characteristics in glucocorticoid users and non-users: a Danish population-based cross-sectional study

ObjectivesLifestyle may affect observed associations between glucocorticoid use and adverse events. This study aimed to investigate whether lifestyle differ according to use of systemic glucocorticoids.DesignPopulation-based cross-sectional study.SettingThe Central Denmark Region.Participants30 245...

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Veröffentlicht in:BMJ open 2019-10, Vol.9 (10), p.e030780
Hauptverfasser: Laugesen, Kristina, Petersen, Irene, Pedersen, Lars, Breinholt Larsen, Finn, Jørgensen, Jens Otto Lunde, Sørensen, Henrik Toft
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Zusammenfassung:ObjectivesLifestyle may affect observed associations between glucocorticoid use and adverse events. This study aimed to investigate whether lifestyle differ according to use of systemic glucocorticoids.DesignPopulation-based cross-sectional study.SettingThe Central Denmark Region.Participants30 245 adults (≥25 years of age) who participated in a questionnaire-based public health survey in 2010.Outcome measuresSystemic glucocorticoid use was categorised as never use, current use (prescription redemption ≤90 days before completing the questionnaire), recent use (prescription redemption 91–365 days before completing the questionnaire), former use (prescription redemption >365 days before completing the questionnaire) and according to cumulative dose expressed in prednisolone equivalents (
ISSN:2044-6055
2044-6055
DOI:10.1136/bmjopen-2019-030780